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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
 
top prospects: orioles
ok, we finished the national league! now it's time for the orioles.


1. Nick Markakis, of
2. Adam Loewen, lhp
3. Hayden Penn, rhp
4. Nolan Reimold, of
5. Chris Ray, rhp
6. Garrett Olson, lhp
7. Brandon Snyder, c
8. J.J. Johnson, rhp
9. Brandon Erbe, rhp
10. Val Majewski, of


there's not much here. a lot of these guys are 2005 draftees. this is a pretty crappy system.


Career Batting Statistics for Nick Markakis:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Aberdeen NYPL 19 Bal A 208 31 33 1 17 .130 .841 .103 .283
2004 Delmarva SAL 20 Bal A 360 44 66 11 25 .109 .817 .122 .299
2005 Frederick Caro 21 Bal A 354 47 65 12 26 .117 .816 .131 .300
2005 Bowie East 21 Bal AA 125 18 30 3 18 .126 .760 .221 .339


if this guy is the top prospect, this is a terrible system. i don't know. he's the right age, i guess, for his level. he's decent at everything. those double-a numbers are not very meaningful because of small sample size. ok it looks like he's good enough at everything that he could improve at any time. that is, he's on the threshold of breakout.


Career Pitching Statistics for Adam Loewen:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 Aberdeen NYPL 19 Bal A 23.1 13 0 9 25 .098 .699 .000 2.70
2004 Frederick Caro 20 Bal A 8.0 7 2 9 3 .225 .903 .071 6.75
2004 Delmarva SAL 20 Bal A 85.1 77 3 58 82 .148 .754 .012 4.11
2005 Frederick Caro 21 Bal A 142.0 130 8 86 146 .134 .737 .020 4.12


adam loewen must have some kind of crazy stuff. the problem is he's not that good. he's not that good cause he walks people. this is common with baseball america. a kid has good stuff, or something, and they call him a prospect. well he is, from the point of view of if he gets control he'll make it. but from the point of view of likelihood, he's not much of a prospect. throwing strikes is hard.


Career Pitching Statistics for Hayden Penn:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 Bluefield App 18 Bal Rk 52.1 58 4 19 38 .081 .823 .023 4.30
2003 GCL Orioles GCL 18 Bal Rk 3.1 3 0 1 4 .071 .692 .000 2.70
2004 Frederick Caro 19 Bal A 73.1 59 7 20 61 .067 .781 .032 3.80
2004 Delmarva SAL 19 Bal A 43.1 30 4 19 41 .106 .744 .034 3.32
2004 Bowie East 19 Bal AA 20.1 22 0 9 20 .098 .759 .000 4.87
2005 Bowie East 20 Bal AA 110.1 101 11 37 120 .079 .722 .035 3.83
2005 Baltimore Or AL 20 Bal MLB 38.1 46 6 21 18 .115 .888 .042 6.34


i talked about hayden penn a month ago. i talked about him because aaron gleeman talked about him. i said he would succeed.

yeah he'll succeed! he pitched in the majors at 20. he struck out 120 batters in 110 innings in double-a. his control is decent.

why is this guy number 3 and not number 1? or number 2 behind chris ray?


Career Batting Statistics for Nolan Reimold:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Bowling Gree NCAA 0 0 NCA 141 21 21 1 6 .130 .851 .058 .329
2004 Bowling Gree NCAA 0 0 NCA 173 32 24 13 17 .156 .861 .201 .404
2005 Bowling Gree NCAA 0 0 NCA 178 48 36 20 10 .212 .798 .211 .360
2005 Frederick Caro 0 Bal A 83 14 27 6 6 .144 .675 .214 .265
2005 Aberdeen NYPL 0 Bal A 182 30 44 9 17 .142 .758 .188 .294


nolan reimold beat the shit out of bowling green. and beat the shit out of aberdeen in the new york-penn league. what a terrible name for a league. contact seems to be a problem. he's got a lot of work to do.


Career Pitching Statistics for Chris Ray:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 College of W NCAA 21 0 NCA 94.2 87 6 22 87 .056 .765 .021 3.52
2003 Aberdeen NYPL 21 Bal A 38.1 32 0 10 44 .064 .701 .000 2.82
2004 Frederick Caro 22 Bal A 73.1 82 6 20 74 .062 .755 .026 3.80
2004 Delmarva SAL 22 Bal A 50.0 43 3 17 46 .081 .762 .020 3.42
2005 Bowie East 23 Bal AA 37.1 17 3 7 40 .051 .690 .034 0.96
2005 Baltimore Or AL 23 Bal MLB 40.2 34 5 18 43 .103 .724 .044 2.66


ok chris ray. this kid's got the goods. i'm gonna get him in my fantasy league. unless somebody reads this. in 2005 he showed he had nothing left to prove in the minors. so they brought him up. he pitched well. he's 23.

his contact rates are great. his walk rates are good. his power rates are good. he's good.


Career Pitching Statistics for Garrett Olson:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2003 Cal Poly NCAA 19 0 NCA 82.1 78 4 27 67 .077 .794 .016 4.37
2004 Cal Poly NCAA 20 0 NCA 84.0 88 4 38 92 .101 .729 .016 5.57
2005 Cal Poly NCAA 21 0 NCA 136.0 123 2 47 128 .081 .759 .005 2.71
2005 Frederick Caro 21 Bal A 14.1 10 0 7 19 .117 .642 .000 3.14
2005 Aberdeen NYPL 21 Bal A 40.0 22 1 13 40 .084 .718 .010 1.58


chris ray was also in the rookies to watch article.

garrett olson is another 2005 draftee who did well in aberdeen. he's a lefty, which helps. he doesn't seem to have dominant stuff, but if he improves his control, and continues to limit home runs, he could make it.


Career Batting Statistics for Brandon Snyder:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2005 Bluefield App 18 Bal Rk 150 29 36 8 8 .162 .760 .140 .271
2005 Aberdeen NYPL 18 Bal A 29 2 7 0 2 .065 .759 .091 .393


2005 draftee. young. good luck, brandon.


Career Pitching Statistics for James Johnson:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2002 Bluefield App 19 Bal Rk 55.2 52 5 16 36 .068 .836 .027 4.37
2003 Bluefield App 20 Bal Rk 51.1 62 2 18 46 .077 .787 .012 3.68
2004 Frederick Caro 21 Bal A 3.0 6 0 1 6 .063 .600 .000 9.00
2004 Delmarva SAL 21 Bal A 106.2 97 9 30 93 .067 .777 .028 3.29
2005 Frederick Caro 22 Bal A 159.2 139 11 64 168 .094 .728 .024 3.49
2005 Bowie East 22 Bal AA 7.0 3 0 2 6 .077 .750 .000 0.00


james or j.j.? i don't know. 168 strikeouts in 159 innings is encouraging, but he needs to improve. he's a little old for his level. his wal, con, and pow are all just below major league quality. probly won't be more than a guy.


Career Pitching Statistics for Brandon Erbe:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2005 Bluefield App 0 Bal Rk 23.1 8 1 10 48 .114 .385 .033 3.09
2005 Aberdeen NYPL 0 Bal A 7.0 6 0 4 9 .129 .667 .000 7.71


those bluefield results are pretty startling. i've never seen a .385 con before. course it was only 23 innings.

we can't say anything. we need more data.


Career Batting Statistics for Val Majewski:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2001 Rutgers U. NCAA 20 0 NCA 228 33 27 8 27 .126 .882 .174 .378
2002 Rutgers U. NCAA 21 0 NCA 224 29 23 11 20 .115 .897 .154 .364
2002 Delmarva SAL 21 Bal A 18 1 1 1 0 .053 .944 .059 .118
2002 Aberdeen NYPL 21 Bal A 111 14 14 1 11 .112 .874 .124 .300
2003 GCL Orioles GCL 22 Bal Rk 3 1 0 0 0 .250 1.00 .000 .333
2003 Aberdeen NYPL 22 Bal A 16 1 2 0 4 .059 .875 .286 .375
2003 Frederick Caro 22 Bal A 160 8 23 5 19 .048 .856 .175 .289
2003 Delmarva SAL 22 Bal A 211 29 20 7 23 .121 .905 .157 .303
2004 Bowie East 23 Bal AA 438 38 68 15 29 .080 .845 .119 .307
2004 Baltimore Or AL 23 Bal MLB 13 0 1 0 1 .000 .923 .083 .154


val was a hot prospect. then he tore his labrum. hopefully he's ok. he's got talent. if he can get it back together, he should do well. what does that mean? it means start in the major leagues. when might that happen? well, i would have said 2005. now i'll say 2007.

and that's the orioles. that wasn't too hard. course there's not much to talk about. the orioles system is pretty thin. no real stars, except possibly chris ray, but he's a reliever. hayden penn looks pretty good. nick markakis could be good. a lot of these guys are young. youth is good, but it takes a while.
Comments:
you can have chris ray.
ojeda is the ultimate prospect.
 
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